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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing 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 be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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