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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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