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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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