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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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