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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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 lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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