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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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