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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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