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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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