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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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