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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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