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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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