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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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