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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. 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 control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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