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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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