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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing 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 training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major 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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