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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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