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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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