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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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