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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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