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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key 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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