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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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