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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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