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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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