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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important 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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