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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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