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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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