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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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