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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major 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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