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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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