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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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