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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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