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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance 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 we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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