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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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