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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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