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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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