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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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