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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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