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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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