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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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