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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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