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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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