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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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