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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology make it possible for people all over 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 MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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