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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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