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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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