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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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