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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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