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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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