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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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