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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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