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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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