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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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