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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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