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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes 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 mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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