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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people 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 MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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