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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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