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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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