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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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