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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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