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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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