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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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