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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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