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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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