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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key 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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