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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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