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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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