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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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