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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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