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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book 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 describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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