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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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