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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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