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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers 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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