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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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