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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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