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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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