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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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