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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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