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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing 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 educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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