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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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