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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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