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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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