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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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