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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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