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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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