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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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