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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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