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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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