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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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