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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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