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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning 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 make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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