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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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