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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because distance 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 we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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