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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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