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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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