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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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