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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning 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 organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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