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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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