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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with 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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