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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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