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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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