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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners 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 massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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