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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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