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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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