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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving 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 be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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