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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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