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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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