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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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