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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with 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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