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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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