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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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