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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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