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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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