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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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