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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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