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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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 but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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