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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate 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. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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