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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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