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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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