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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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