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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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