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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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