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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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