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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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