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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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