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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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