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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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