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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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