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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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