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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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