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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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