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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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