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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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