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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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