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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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