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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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