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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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