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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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