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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing 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 schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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