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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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