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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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