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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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