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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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