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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major 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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