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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines 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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