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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around 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. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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