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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. 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 consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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