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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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