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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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