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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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