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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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