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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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