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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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