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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning 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 stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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