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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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