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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. 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 stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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