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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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