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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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