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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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