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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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