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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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