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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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