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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers 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 innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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