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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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