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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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