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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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