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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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