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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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