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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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