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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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