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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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