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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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