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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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