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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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