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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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