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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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