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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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