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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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