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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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