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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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