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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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