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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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