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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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