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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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