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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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