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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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