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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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