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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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