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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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