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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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