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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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