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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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