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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning 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. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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