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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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