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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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