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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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