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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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