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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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