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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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