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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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