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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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