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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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