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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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