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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major 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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