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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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