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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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