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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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