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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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