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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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