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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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