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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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