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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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