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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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