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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key 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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