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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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