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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around 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 but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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