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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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