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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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