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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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