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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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