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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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