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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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