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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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