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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting 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 interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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