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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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