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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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