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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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