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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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