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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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