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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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