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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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