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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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