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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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