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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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