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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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