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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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