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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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