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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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