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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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