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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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