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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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