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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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