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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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