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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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