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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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