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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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