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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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