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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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