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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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