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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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