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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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