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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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