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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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