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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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