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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education