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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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