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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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