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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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