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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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