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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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