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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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