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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing 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 assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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