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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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