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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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