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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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