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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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