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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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