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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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