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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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