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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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