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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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