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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance 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 stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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