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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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