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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the 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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