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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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