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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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