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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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