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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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