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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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