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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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