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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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