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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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