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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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