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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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