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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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