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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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