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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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