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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving 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 guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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