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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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