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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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