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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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