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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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