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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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