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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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