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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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