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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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