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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with 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 participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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