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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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