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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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