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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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