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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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