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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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