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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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