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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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