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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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