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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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