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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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