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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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