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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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