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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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