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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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