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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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