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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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