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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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