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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the 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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