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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning 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 teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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