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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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