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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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