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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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