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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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