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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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