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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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