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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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