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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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