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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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