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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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