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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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