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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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