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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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