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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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