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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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