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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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