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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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