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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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