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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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