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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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