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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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