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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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