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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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