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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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