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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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