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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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