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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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