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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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