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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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