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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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