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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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