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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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