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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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