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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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