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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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