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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different 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 we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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