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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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