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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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