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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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