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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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