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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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