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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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