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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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