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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-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 organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important 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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