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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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