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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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