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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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