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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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