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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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