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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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