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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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