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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part 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 mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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