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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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