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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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