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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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