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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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