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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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