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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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