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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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