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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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