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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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