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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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