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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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