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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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