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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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