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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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