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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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