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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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