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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. 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 teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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