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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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