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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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