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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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