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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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