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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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