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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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