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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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