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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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