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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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