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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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