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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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