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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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