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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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