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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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