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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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