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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people all around 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 generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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