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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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