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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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