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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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