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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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