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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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