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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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