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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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