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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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