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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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