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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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