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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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