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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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