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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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