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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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