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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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