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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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