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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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