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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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