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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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