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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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