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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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