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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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