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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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