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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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