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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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