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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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