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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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