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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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