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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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