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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews 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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