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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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