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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving 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 assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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