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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education 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 institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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