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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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