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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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