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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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