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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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