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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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