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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee 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 MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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