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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education 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 instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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