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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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