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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores 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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