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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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