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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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