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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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