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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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