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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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