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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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