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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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