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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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