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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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