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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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