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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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