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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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