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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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