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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes 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 MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing 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 control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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