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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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