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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver 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 massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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