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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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