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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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