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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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