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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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