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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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