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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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