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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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