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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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