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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online 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 organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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