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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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