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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered humans 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. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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