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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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