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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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