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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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