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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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