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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts 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 considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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