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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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