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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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