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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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