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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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