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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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