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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take 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 commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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