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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part 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 typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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