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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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