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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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