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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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