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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans 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. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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