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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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