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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. 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 always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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