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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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