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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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