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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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