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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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