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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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