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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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