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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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