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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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