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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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