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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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