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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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