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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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