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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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