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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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