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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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