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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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