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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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