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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning 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 organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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