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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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