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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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