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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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