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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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