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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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