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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because 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 we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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