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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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